Fishing-reel.



. Patented May 20, I902. E. VUM HOFE.

FISHING REEL (Application filed Jan. 9,-19029.

(No Model.)

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fnvenfar I UNITED STATES EDWARD VOM HOFE, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

FISHING-REEL.

PATENT OFFICE.

$PEGIFIGATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 700,424, dated May 20, 1902. Application filed January 9,1902 Serial No. 88,96 7. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EDWARD voMHoFE, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of New York city,county and State of NewlYork, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Fishing-Reels, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a fishing-reel of the class in which a friction-brake is interposed between the handle and the spool, so

that the line can be run out under tension by the fish, while the handle is held in a fixed position. In this way the line need not be reeled out constantly while the'fish is hooked, overrunning and fouling of the line are prevented, and any injury to the hand, owing to a violent jerk on the line, is avoided.

In the accompanying drawings,--Figu re 1 is a side viewof myimproved fishing-reel; Fig. 2, a rear view of the same; Fig-3,2111 inner face view of one of the heads d,- Fig. 4, an enlarged section on line 4 4,Fig. 3; Fig. 5, a detail of brake-disk e, and Fig. 6a detail of brake-disk g.

The letters a a represent the heads of the fishing-reel, in which is hung a'shaft'b. Upon this shaft is fitted the hollowshaft b of the line-carrying spool b. Theshaft b'isprovided with a toothed wheel bi, that receives motion from the handle 0 "byan interposed friction-brake and multiplying gearing in the following manner:

To the inner face of one of the heads a is secured a bridged, carrying a pivot 01, that projects outwardly through a "perforation of head a. Upon this pivot is rotatably mounted a hollow shaft 6, threaded atits outer end, as at 6 and carrying at its inner end a relatively fixed brake-disk c. This brake-disk bears frictionally against the inner face of a toothed wheel f, rotatably mounted upon hollow shaft 'e and intergeared with toothed wheel 5 of spool 17. The outer face of the wheel f is engaged by a second brake-disk g, having a tubular hnbg, that is free to slide on hollow shaft e. The hub g has a threaded outer end g and a'n'elongated s1ot'g engaged by a pine of shaft e. Thus the hub g and disk g, while being axially movable, are not rotatable upon shafts; The inner cylindrical end of hub g is fitted in a bushingh of head a, while its outer threaded end and the latter will take along and rotate wheel f by frictional contact. The wheel f will in turn rotate the spool 12 by gear-wheel 19 Thus 7 it will be seen that the handle is not posifriction-brake is interposed between them. Consequently the fish can play the line out by overcoming the friction .of the brake, and thus rotating the spool, so that any sudden pull or jerk is prevented. So, also, when the fish first takes hold'of the line or bites a violent rotation of the handle and a conse I qu'ent, injury to the hand are avoided,-a com paratively small force beingnecessary to hold the handle stationary.

By turning the nut 41 the distance between the friction-disk g and the wheel f may be adjusted toset thetension of the brake.

What I claim is- 1. Ina fishing-reel, the combination with the handle and the spool, of a frictional con nection betweenthe handle and the spool,

comprising a shaft having a loose gear mounted thereon and friction-diskscarried by the shaft to engage each side of said gear, and means for intergearing the loose gear with the spool.

2. In a fishing-reel, the combination with the spool having a gear, of a shaft carrying friction-disks, a gear loose upon the shaft between the friction-disks, and meshing with the spool-gear, whereby both faces of the loose gear serve as braking surfaces. 1

3. In a fishing-reel, the combination with the spool and the handle, of a hollow shaft carrying friction-disks and a loosev gear be"- tween the disks, means for axially adjusting one of said friction-disks, and means for intergearing the loose gear with said spool.

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4. In a. fishing-reel, the combination of a I pivot having a tubular shaft mounted there 65 I v tively intergeared with the spool, but that a on, said shaft carrying a fixed friction-disk, Signed by me at New York city, county and a longitudinally-movable friction-disk and a State of New York, this 8th day of January, loose ggarhbetgveen the frietitoln-dlislis 1%0 fie 1902.

engage in ere y, a nut upon 0 u o t e movable disk to adjust the same, a handle on EDWARD VOM HOFE the shaft for rotating the same, a spool, and \Vitnesses:

means for intergearing the loose gear with WILLIAM SCHULZ,

said spool. F. V. BRIESEN. 

